Raised in the Nant Gwynant valley, at the foot of Yr Wyddfa, I am a filmmaker, photographer, and artist living and practising in North Wales.

Growing up here has shaped my understanding of place, community, and care, and these ideas continue to inform my work, as well as my studies in BA Film & TV at the University of the Arts London. 

I approach documentary filmmaking as an act of closeness - my films are, in many ways, love letters to the people and places I’m invited to spend time with. Working with an attentive, tactile visual language, I’m drawn to under-represented voices and to stories shaped by land, labour, memory, and belonging in contemporary Wales.

My practice moves between documentary, short film, music videos, and portraiture.

In my documentary work, I often work as a self-shooting filmmaker, developing projects from the ground up and seeing them through to delivery. This allows time for trust, conversation, and care, particularly when filming sensitive subject matter, vulnerable people, queer stories, and emotionally complex themes - such as dementia care, longing, and limerence.

My work has been supported and shared by platforms including S4C’s Lŵp, Hansh, i Ka Ching Records, and The National Eisteddfod, and I’ve collaborated with artists such as Al Lewis, Mared Williams, Martha Elen, Pys Melyn, Gruff Rhys, and Talulah. I’ve also worked on projects with organisations including the European Reminiscence Network, Social Business Awards Wales, and Cwmpas, and alongside production companies such as 73 Degree Films and When It Rains.

I currently work full-time in television with the independent production company Twm Twm Films, contributing to factual and creative productions across North Wales, while continuing to take on freelance work outside of broadcast.

I am the founder of Archif – The Welsh Artists Archive (@welshartistarchive) an ongoing social documentary project documenting under-represented artists and creative communities across North Wales through photography, film, and audio.

Alongside this, I collaborate on narrative and commissioned projects with clients and freelance teams, contributing across direction, shooting, and production. I’m comfortable working independently or as part of a wider crew, and I value collaboration as much as autonomy. Whatever the scale of the project, I work in a way that is thoughtful, person-centred, and grounded in respect.

work with me / contact / send me a love letter

gwennollwydtill@gmail.com

@gwenno

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Wedi magu ar droed yr Wyddfa, yn Nant Gwynant, dwi bellach wedi sefydlu fy hyn adre rol gyfnod o astudio cwrs BA Ffilm & Theledu yn prifysgol gelf Llundain. Mae fy magwraeth sicr wedi siapio fy nealltwriaeth o’r byd o nghwmpas, pwysrigrwydd cymuned, a sy sicr yn dylanwadu ar fy ngwaith.

Mae ffilmio dogfenni fel weithred o agosatrwydd - mewn sawl ffordd, mae fy ffilmiau’n lythyrau cariad at y bobl a’r llefydd dwi’n cael y bleser i dreulio amser gyda nhw. Gan weithio gyda iaith weledol ofalus a thactilaidd, rwy’n cael fy nenu at leisiau sy heb gael ddigon o sylw, ac at straeon sy’n cael eu siapio gan dir, llafur, cof a pherthyn mewn Cymru gyfoes.

Mae fy ymarfer yn symud rhwng ffilm ddogfen, ffilmiau byr, fideos cerddoriaeth a phortreadau o bobl a’u gwaith celf.

Yn fy ngwaith dogfen, dwi aml yn gweithio fel gwneuthurwr ffilmiau ‘self gan ddatblygu prosiectau o’r cychwyn cyntaf a’u gweld drwodd hyd at y cyflwyniad terfynol. Mae’r ffordd hon o weithio’n rhoi amser ar gyfer ymddiriedaeth, sgwrs a gofal - yn enwedig wrth ffilmio pynciau sensitif, pobl fregus, straeon queer, a themâu emosiynol gymhleth - fel gofal dementia, hiraeth, awydd, a limerence.

Mae fy ngwaith wedi cael ei gefnogi a’i rannu gan lwyfannau fel Lŵp a Hansh S4C, i Ka Ching Records, a’r Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, ac rwyf wedi cydweithio ag artistiaid gan gynnwys Al Lewis, Mared Williams, Martha Elen, Pys Melyn, Gruff Rhys a Talulah. Rwyf hefyd wedi gweithio ar brosiectau gyda sefydliadau fel Rhwydwaith Atgofion Ewropeaidd, Gwobrau Busnes Cymdeithasol Cymru, a Cwmpas, yn ogystal â chwmnïau cynhyrchu megis 73 Degree Films a When It Rains.

Ar hyn o bryd, dwi’n gweithio’n llawn amser ym maes teledu; gyda’r cwmni cynhyrchu annibynnol Ffilmiau Twm Twm, gan gyfrannu at gynyrchiadau ffeithiol a chreadigol ar draws Gogledd Cymru, tra’n parhau i gymryd gwaith llawrydd y tu allan i ddarlledu.

Fi yw sylfaenydd Archif – The Welsh Artists Archive (@welshartistarchive), prosiect gymdeithasol parhaus sy’n dogfennu artistiaid a chymunedau creadigol sy heb gael ddigon o sylw yng Ngogledd Cymru; drwy ffotograffiaeth, ffilm, essays sy bach rhy hir, ac ar furff audio.

Ochr yn ochr â hyn, fyddai’n cydweithio ar brosiectau naratif a chomisiynedig gyda chleientiaid a thimau llawrydd, gan gyfrannu ar draws cyfarwyddo, saethu a chynhyrchu. Dwi’n gyfforddus yn gweithio’n annibynnol, neu fel rhan o griw ehangach, a dwi’n gwerthfawrogi cydweithio - gymaint ag annibyniaeth. Beth bynnag di’r prosiect, nai yn siwr o weithio mewn ffordd ystyriol, ‘person-centred’, ac wedi’i seilio ar barch a sensitifrwydd. Reu

gweithiwch efo v / gyrrwch neges neis / cysylltwch

gwennollwydtill@gmail.com

@gwenno

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photo by Calum Heywood